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Oct

2025

IPC Condemns Police Assault on Journalists Covering #FreeNnamdiKanuNow Protest in Abuja

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IPC Condemns Police Assault on Journalists Covering #FreeNnamdiKanuNow Protest in Abuja The International Press Centre (IPC) has condemned police attacks on journalists covering the #FreeNnamdiKanuNow protest in Abuja. IPC calls for investigation and justice, stressing that journalists’ constitutional rights must be respected. The International Press Centre (IPC), Lagos–Nigeria, through its Safety and Protection of Journalists (SPJ) Hub, has strongly condemned the reported attacks on journalists covering the #FreeNnamdiKanuNow protest held on Monday, October 20, 2025. According to information gathered by the IPC–SPJ Hub, several journalists who were on the ground to report the protest—coordinated by activist Omoyele Sowore to demand…

Jun

2025

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Journalist Sues Abia Government, Police for N5 million Over Alleged Violation of Rights

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Journalist Sues Abia Government, Police for N5 million for Alleged Violation of her Rights An Abia State based journalist, Ms Charity Uwakwe, popularly known as Distinguished Chacha has filed a N5 million suit at the Federal High Court in Umuahia against the State Government and the Nigeria Police asking the court to declare that the forceful detention, physical assault, intimidation, and degrading treatment to which she was subjected in the course of her journalistic duties on June 30, 2023 constitute a violation of her rights under the 1999 Constitution and the African Charter on Human and Peoples’ Rights. The suit…